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Name: James BUTLER, K.G., Earl of Ormond and Wiltsh
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Nov 1420 ^b
Death: 1 May 1461 in Newcastle ^d

Parents:

Father:
James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond Birth: 28 May 1393 in Fruglasse Death: 23 Aug 1452 in Ardee, co Louth

Mother:

Joan BEAUCHAMP Death: Abt 3 Aug 1430 in Shere

Family:
Marriage:

Avice STAFFORD on Before 4 Jul 1438 .^m1
Avice STAFFORD Birth: 4 Dec 1423 in Woodsford, Dorset Death: Abt 3 Jun 1457

Marriage:

Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire on Apr 1458 .^m2
Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire Birth: 2 Death: 16 Aug 1501

Bibliography

Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
Richardson, Douglas, Marriage of Eleanor Beaufort and James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/4/2002. Subject: CP Addition: Marriage of Eleanor Beaufort & James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/bREPv6Dg2f0/m/cUFxbXPtFhIJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 9/4/2002-022108].
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. III.1 (#1-#200): Herzogs und Grafenhauser des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Andere Europaische Furstenhauser. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES III.1 #[0-9]*].
Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
Reed, Paul C., FitzPayn, Grey, Bryan. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 10/20/1998. Subject: CP XIV: FitzPayn, Grey, Bryan [VERY LONG!]. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/5LrMIB7JbUs/m/NKHtTi2uMoIJ, https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/5LrMIB7JbUs/m/1lr8C65LyWIJ, and https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/5LrMIB7JbUs/m/O9guC2Epsh0J. Author address: reedpcgen at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paul Reed SGM 10/20/1998].
Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
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Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p23]; abt 1420 [Ref: Weis AR7 #1]; abt 1422 (age 30 in 1452) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p51]; abt 1422 [Ref: Richardson PA p178, Richardson PA p186]; age 30 in 1452 [Ref: CP X p127, CP XII/2 p734],
parents:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1539, CP X p126, CP XII/2 p734, Faris PA2 p60, Paget HRHCharles p23, Richardson PA p178, Richardson PA p186, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p102, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p50]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1539, CP X p129, CP XII/2 p734, ES III.1 #157, Faris PA2 p69, Paget HRHCharles p23, Richardson PA p178, Richardson PA p186, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p103, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p51]; 17 Apr 1461 [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxiii]; abt 1461 [Ref: Weis AR7 #1],
place:: [Ref: Burke Peerage p1539, CP XII/2 p734, Paget HRHCharles p23, Richardson PA p178, Richardson PA p186, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p103, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p51]

Sources with Information about marriage to Avice STAFFORD

date:: before 1438 [Ref: Paul Reed SGM 10/20/1998]; before 4 Jul 1438 [Ref: CP X p128, Richardson PA p178, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p51]; before death of Avice in 1456 [Ref: CP II p361(h)]; first marriage of James [Ref: Burke Peerage p1539],
names:: [Ref: Banks Baronies v1p139, HoP 1386-1421 v4p441, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p682]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire

date:: 1457/8 [Ref: Richardson PA p178, Richardson PA p186, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p102, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p51]; 36 Hen VI (1457-58) [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 9/4/2002-022108]; first marriage of Eleanor [Ref: ES III.1 #157, Faris PA2 p69, Paget HRHCharles p23, Weis AR7 #1]; first marriage of Eleanor, second of James [Ref: CP X p128]; possibly Apr 1458 [Ref: CP X p128(j)]; second marriage of James [Ref: Burke Peerage p1539],
names:: James BUTLER & Eleanor BEAUFORT [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p654]

1. James BUTLER, K.G., Earl of Ormond and Wiltsh m1. Avice STAFFORD m2. Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire

m. Avice STAFFORD father: Sir Richard STAFFORD mother: Maud LOVELL

m. Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire father: Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset mother: Eleanor BEAUCHAMP

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